Definitions for gemination

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gemination gem·i·na·tion

Spelling: [jem-uh-ney-shuh n]

IPA: /ˌdʒɛm əˈneɪ ʃən/

Gemination is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 506 anagrams from letters in gemination (aegiimnnot).

Definitions for gemination

noun

1. a doubling; duplication; repetition.
2. Phonetics. the doubling of a consonantal sound.
3. Rhetoric. the immediate repetition of a word, phrase, etc., for rhetorical effect.

Origin of gemination

1590-1600; Latin geminātiōn- (stem of geminātiō), equivalent to gemināt(us) (see geminate) + -iōn- -ion

Examples for gemination

Some roots are reduplicated wholly or in part with a frequentative meaning, and there are traces of gemination of radicals.

An important generic character consists in the gemination of the cell at each bifurcation.

No wonder if St. John proposed them in this gemination to our second thoughts.